I love that everyone just wants to have a Balam Redgun ending for this game.

A small error, but the Balteus is not a C-weapon, just a standard one. And Nightfall Raven's gender is unknown, the voice is their handler.

"I just...I just wanted a callsign of my own" That line was so well-delivered that I genuinely wanted the kid to have a chance at succeeding

I sided with Ayre last as far as endings go, assuming that siding with the nice voice that's been in my head for two playthroughs is going to be the "good" ending, and it felt genuinely good to do so literally up until the very second of coral convergence. I'm staring into the abyss of what looks like a black hole ready to presumably swallow up the universe and Ayre just goes "Isn't it beautiful?".....uhhhh

Something to say about the sense of scale, a youtuber named Zulie the witch and another called Dropoff have both made videos showing that all objects are actually massive 'Tarnished For Scale' is a term both have used and even showed it via porting things interestingly enough

Its very cool to see the difference in what bosses people struggled with. i came to hate the enforcer, but the C spider gave me very little trouble

This game better win something at The Game Awards. Any awards, Best Gameplay and Art Direction especially.

Voice acting and dialogue writing is superb in AC6. Still enjoying without skipping all mission briefings and in game comments.

The nightfall raven that we fight in the game, i somehow always see most people think the pilot is female due to the voiceline that "raven's operator" had. And seeing how the operator talked and refers to, it feels like the nightfall raven's pilot is just another silent character like us. I mean, if it's the pilot who talked to us, surely it has another name to the subtitles (like chartreuse and kings has or any other characters).

If you keep close to the sea spider amd circle strafe it, there's almost nothing it can do to you as the lasers fire from the top amd the melee can't track you if you keep going in a circle.

Yeah, personally I did the fires ending first and it really feels like Liberator should've been locked to Ng+ and beyond, like how Allmind is locked to Ng++ and beyond. Also makes the presentation feel as if Fires is meant to be canon ending while the other two are variations of "well but what if"

"Wake the dog up"

2 things to note about the ice worm: 1) as far as i know you are gauranteed to kill the boss in 3 damage phases and 2) ally deaths aren't scripted, i've seen chatty survive the entire fight

I think in ending 3 when Iguazu says you killed him 3 times, he means him and all the people that Allmind merged with, that being Sulla, O'Keefe and Iguazu, as all 3 of them were candidates for Coral Release which Allmind needs after she claims 621 and Ayre.

Honestly I would love DLC that changes the game so that we can join the redguns and save Michigan or join arquebus I probably won't happen but it'd be neat.

Now if Square Enix could make an actually good Front Mission game again, we could be in the best timeline.

It's really interesting hearing the differences in how players handled different bosses. Ones i struggled with, you seemed to ease through, and ones you struggled with, I thought were easy. Loved your analysis of the game, well worth the long watch

the one thing ac6 is missing is the range game. ac5 (still one of my absolute favs of the franchise) had railguns and sniper cannons with ranges that could reach you from a different postal code, and were just as fun to play as faster designs. please, FromSoft, a remaster of the gen 4&5 games, esp since 6 blew up the way it did

I love the sea spider, man. Not my favourite boss, but it's not bad. Actually I don't think any boss in this game is actually bad. They range from ok to excellent, and that's one hell of an achievement. Also, Walter, Carla and Nagai didn't fear the Coral because of it's highly combustible property. They fear the unknown potential that it could do to humanity as a whole after witnessing what Walter's father's experiments brought to life. Nagai himself was the one who set up the fires of Ibis, it did not happen on its own.

Just realized Carla didn’t help Rusty the way she helped us in his rush against the fleet. AND if I’m correct he also didn’t have infinite energy. How did we ever beat him lol

The cataphract was one of the most fun boss fights I've ever played. I was ecstatic when they threw it and two ACs at me in a later fight. I only wish the game let me go it alone.

A funny thing happened to me when I was playing. There are living apartments ingame which looks exactly one to one I lived in my entire life. I'm from Eastern Europe and all buildings ingame looks like my neighborhood, so it constantly felt like home.

You don't have to bring down those Sea Spiders at the true end fight, the clue is since Iguazu managed to desync Ayre, he might be possible to desync Sea Spiders too (which he does) and no, I love Iguazu as the underdog boss fight

Great video my guy. It was blast listening to your playthrough and how you interpreted the endings. This is my game of the year and has been the most fun I've had in a very long time haha

PACIFIC RIM REFERENCE! 0:04 YOOO! AWESOME video btw.

I have seen it before in other places and want to echo it here as well. I am so glad for From Software to make a new Armored Core game and what a banger of game it was! Here is to hopefully more Armored Core in the future!

I really like your interpretation of the ending. Ive been trying to make sense of the... time loop? aspect implied with dialog and new game plus, but i couldnt figure it out. Your interpretation made allot of things suddenly make sense to me

Interesting you found the spider such a hard boss. Maybe i just had the right build for the fight but i had MUCH more trouble with the ibis and allmind fights. I love how much difference your build and playstyle makes

Love the video. Also liked the use of the Signalis OST in this.

Love your vid, absolute stunning and your narration is very catching, I wish you all the best on this platform

Love your work

Taking out the tester AC is the one mission I always take my Headset off. That nameless' person's dreams dying Infront of you, from your hands, I can't listen to that. Even though I am playing an Armored Core game.

4:46 9? 1 day? ROOKIE NUMBERS. the first three days after release, I played for 14 HOURS STRAIGHT, then slept 14 hours. I beat that game in A WEEK and had to force stop myself from keeping playing it after my sixth playthrough so I wouldn't burn it out.

I really enjoyed this video. Please keep the content coming 🙌

surprised this doesnt have many views so im commenting for algorithm's sake pretty good bro

Given how games and DLCs are released in the current gaming industry, I wonder if we'll see a traditional standalone AC game within the 6th Generation, or if we'll just see a major DLC expansion to Fires of Rubicon. A part of me hopes is a standalone, and it gives the 6th Gen a major glow up like FA did for 4th gen, and VD did for 5th. I'd absolutely love to see an across the board refinement of 6th with tons of more parts and a follow-on story set some time later to really show us the true aftermath of what happened on Rubicon. Stellar video, Malcador! I watch this one, the 5th, and 4th gen videos all today! Have been a major fan of the AC franchise since I was a child, with the 4th gen (particularly FA) being my undisputed favorite. 6th is objectively better is just about every way. But I just love the 4th gen, namely the NEXTs. I'd love to see more of what 6th can do, especially when its further refined, but I'd frankly be okay with the bosses being a little less over-the-top and returning to a more Arms Fort style fight or cracked out ACs. Funnily enough, I think Intercept the Redguns was probably the most traditional Armored Core mission in terms of difficulty. Would love to see more of that!

This is straight up one of the best games I've ever played and I've been playing games since like 1993

This is the best ac6 video ive seen yet. Thank you.

"Look at these environments and tell me it doesn't look amazing" Shows the Ice Worm fight which takes place in a desolate landscape which is basically all snow and is so washed out in greys and whites that its hard to tell there's even color there, let alone texture. Also, shows the Ice Worm fight which is arguably the least action intense fight in the game hands down as you spend most of your time sliding around the snow waiting for the C-Weapon to pop up its head so you can stun needle its face and let the automated damage do all the hard work for you.

Honestly, during the NG+2 counter-hack mission with Iguazu, it's much easier to fight the stealth mechs with him, but I always like to ignore his proposal and gun him down immediately anyway. His reaction is hilarious

a very nice video and well put together

I didn't realize this video is long, great video bro.

I disagree with your assessment of thr Sea Spider. You can beat it pretty easily in phase one with almost any build by circling around it at very close range. When it goes for the melee, boost forward under it and it'll overshoot you by a billion miles. Lighter builds can avoid most of the boss's damage in phase one. In phase two, tetrapod builds are the best Ive found. You can hover above it and it just cant hit you. You'll have to go to ground a few times to refill on EN, but if you make good use of yoir time in the air you can pummel it with heavy weapons from complete safety.

I actually found the spider fairly easy. A songbirds + grenades at range. My go-to boss build. Boom.

Love the video men. Good stuff

I love the fact that you are using some soundtracks from Signalis, for example SIGNALIS - MNHR. Just watching your videos one can find a lot easter eggs if that is the right way of wording it. Keep up the good work.

God damn this deserves way more views

Nice video, liked and subscribed.

It's amazing how different people experience this game. I had a really hard time with the cleaner and had a really easy time with the spider.

The defend the Strider can be steamed rolled if you have an all missiles build like Carla’s

fantastic video. lets get you to 1k subs

Armored core is one of the few games where saying get good isnt an insult its actually sound advice

LORD MALCADOR! I thought you died on the golden throne as a hero! It's good to have you back, the imperium- never mind that. I know the best way to beat Balteus, duel pulse gun and duel songbird combo. Or if you going through another play through, duel pulse gun and needlegun combo.

Michigan was an absolute mvp throughout the whole game. Respecting his fellow soldiers, had enough insight to know he was being an asshole, gave his people a chance to back out, respected you even tho he knew he might die and didn't want any glory when he died. And to make it even more sad, it was stated in his will that when he dies, he wanted everything to go to his last squad, Furlong. Goddamn hero... "he died of a bad fall"..

Nightfall Raven is a huge mystery. You can think of the AC as a silent pilot listening to a handler, like yourself. You can think of the Operator as the pilot, talking to someone who you simply can't hear. Or, my personal favorite (despite being the least likely option) is the Operator is the pilot, talking to a Coral lifeform just like you.

I like how you said you felt the endings didn't come off as good or bad endings. All of them do accomplish something in the end. This might be a little controversial, but i loved the Fires of Raven ending. After everything we had seen about Coral we know the dangers it can present through the weapons it controls, we're able to fulfill Walter's last wish, and(this is very farfetched) while we do betray Ayre Rubicon is closed off forever so if the Coral does build itself up again in the future like it did from the Fires of Ibis humanity won't be around to abuse it anymore.

Commenting for when the Algorithm hits and gives you the views you deserve, Amazing Video, Subscribed partway through for obvious reasons, And I'm watching out for your videos Malcador.

This was a great video and you did indeed went pretty in depth with the lore, as for the Third Ending, my take on Alea Iacta Est is similar to what you surmise, like Neon Genesis Evangelion "Human Instrumentality Project", "Coral Release" aims to push Humanity into a next step, but unlike Eva, "Coral Release" doesn't aim to merge all Human consciousness into a single entity and merge that with Coral what it does as far as I understood is merging singular Human consciousness with singular Coral being in the same way Ayre ends up living in 621 brain for most part of the game meaning in the end Humanity as a whole merge with Coral. On the topic of clarifying some things you clearly misunderstood, Mutation in Coral aren't the cause of it igniting, Coral by itself is a sublime power source that is really volatile when expose to anything that triggers flames, Professor Nagai was the one to Ignite the Fires of Ibis, Coral in itself doesn't want to Ignite as it is equal to self genocide, when the game talks about Coral Mutation it refers to entities like Ayre, which is a Coral Mutation Wave capable of self awareness, this means lower concentrations of Coral can't create being like Ayre and that they just come into being when larger colonies of Coral converge, another misconception you have is that Allmind's research into Autonomous crafts is vital for Coral Release, which it isn't Coral Entities can inhabit machines on their own, travel through circuits and hack directly into machines as seen in Ayre hacking into Allmind's secret logs, faking official missions so you can go into the geological survey meaning once Coral Release is achieved, Humanity now living as a disembodied consciousness in a fully mutated Coral Wave can do just as Ayre and possess machines, robots and ACs just as easily.

I didn't even notice that Kate was the same VA as allmind, makes sense

3:55 that line of choppers is going to give me nightmares for weeks… Bonus tip: in the mission where you survey the Xylem and fight the chopper on that level, an all-missile build is infuriatingly useless because of these little things called *flares*

I really really, really, hope the way true ending ends means, that we will get a sequel in a couple of years

Excellent summary! Looking forward to your future works! P.S. Shouldn't it be Chapter 8 in the description?

Balteus’s song was genuinely so good, I’m not sure exactly what it was but it was just so good at hammering in the energy of the fight

Love the signalis background music

I beat Balteus and sea spider pre nerf and I gotta say, I had way more trouble with Balteus than the spider. I think I lost to the spider once, but I lost count to balty

Theres a lady in my head who calls me "studmuffin" I also find it really funny that iguazu malded so hard that he became part of an AI and even overpowered it.

I shed a tear when that first reveal trailer for AC 6 dropped. The convergence ending reminds me of the age of stars ending in Elden Ring. You upend the entirety of everything, bringing about a new age

Hi, around 1:24:40, where did you find the source that Liberator was originally intended as an NG+ only ending? This does make credence that From wanted to railroad the player into Fires first with how a fresh new game is set up, with Fires > Liberator > Release as the ideal playthrough route.

Daily Reminder that Nightfall is officially piloted by Karl Urban, the guy who loves saying Cunt in The Boys, also one of the best Judge Dredge there is. Its literally shown in one of their trailers.

Okay, but fighting Raven/Ayre and their army of Coral-Posessed ACs will make an awesome ACVI sequel.

the spider to me was on the list of easiest bosses to fight, CEL-240 however not inherently hard was the MOST infuriating one just because she constantly blinks out of sight then just hands your ass back to you if you aren't quick, out of all "roadblocks" the IBIS/CEL-240 fight was pretty much the only one. and it suuuuuuuucked.

Man, i didnt expect to hear polka in a armored core video

I personally love the Sea Spider. Its got a dope visual design and I like the way it'll leap towards you and try to curb stomp you with its melee arms 😂. Also its second phase was a cool twist and its spinning attack is even cooler, even if I find the phase to be easier overall.

After some lore digging, Fires of Raven seemed to be a better or desired ending... for the greater good

Oh shit a Polka reference? A man of culture is see. Potato PC is my way of life and you have a sub lmao.

Glad I found this vid and your channel. This was my first AC game, like many others, and my first real forray into mecha outside of Titanfall. And. . .yeah, it's amazing. At the final boss of NG++ after taking a bit of a break, and am at well over 100 hours. I can't really add more on the sound design except that damn kick man! Mwah! 🤌 And the soundtrack slaps, and is quite in line with past osts. So seeing people say (before the soundtrack was on platforms like Spotify) that it was sub-par or inauthentic was strange. I will say on the bosses: Balteus and Cel were by far the hardest for me, with C-spider probably being 3rd. I don't hate any of them though. It's so damn satisfying to get to a point where I can beat Balteus or CS first try (Cel is still harder though). In fact, I'd say Cel was among the hardest fights I've ever had in a game. I've 100%ed Sekiro, at the very least. But holy crap; they were the only boss I caved in with and cheesed with double zimms and a needle launcher. But, I still think it's one hell of a fight. Reminds me a ton of Guardian Ape, too. It was long enough ago that I could certainly be wrong, but as bad as Cel and Balteus (and CS) were, I can't say I it ever got to the point of unbridled frustration. I don't care if it doesn't fit the traditional definition: AC6 is the best RPG ever, fight me.

I’m supprised that people struggle so much with the sea spider. I only took like 2 tries, and didn’t even change builds between attempts

I believe AC 6 fires of raven ending is suppose to be this timelines version of the great destruction from the last game

Okay even if it is in passing.. I am just so happy Zone of the Enders was even shown a bit.. It's an absolute gem that I'm hoping AC6 will help bring back some of that feeling as I remember from ZOE way back when.

Armored core 6 is absolutely beautiful

S-ranking "Defend the Strider" was excruciating

Armored Core 6 has me a fan and now I want to see a mech game genre rebirth

Man, I'm having such a hard time with CandleRing and that PCA Officer. No checkpoints. No resupply. Not sure if i can get this battle log on my first playthrough, I may have to come back to it.

I started at last raven, one of the best one for me

Chromehounds background music is beautiful

1:05:43 Good ol' "Mechlania." Lots of speed, insane attack patterns and easy to stagger. If you can hit it...

Little correction on O'keefe. While you said he was ALLMIND's 3rd gen candidate, the briefing showed him specified as a 2nd generation.

My interpretation of the convergence ending is that the coral assimilated all the concessness of every person on rubicon 3 and put them into mechs. This kids reviving everyone we know. But that’s probably me just coping tho…

I truly hope that AC6 truly causes a surge in quality Mecha Games. I doubt the BIG Publishers will jump on, because they're just going to keep doubling down with the same, tired, overly monetized garbage that made me nearly quit gaming alltogether. But even if the Smaller Devs push quality Mech content like this out every so often (Or BandaiNamco decides to stop snorting cocaine and make a competent Gundam Game that isn't a Sony Exclusive), I think I'll be fine. for a while, anyway.

i interpret alea iacta est as basically being like synthesis from mass effect 3 (with fires of raven being destroy)

my first AC and i want MORE those three endings and amazing combat are intoxicating , the story needs continuing from the good or THAT ending. i know that its fromsoft and they will be vauge, but with how impactful this games endings are i just hope they follow up on it, that third ending can be the BIGGEST change this series could see, if the old games were all set around merc work. and i just want to see where things go with AC, AC7 cannot come soon enough.

Daemon X Machina is another good, fast mecha game that fans of AC6 will definitely enjoy. In fact, I consider it the AC sequel game (in spirit) before AC6's arrival.

Really loved this game. Got all 3 endings.

Ive never played an armored core game but i love armored core 6

I felt pretty bad after The Fires of Raven ending, but that last line from Ayre in the "true" ending, "Activating combat mode" you mean to tell me that symbiosis with the coral isn't as peaceful and wonderful as they made it out to be and the new humanity is going to be killing each other in these giant, living mech bodies? Man, who could have seen that coming?

Played AC6 first cause it was the easiest to get my hands on later ended up getting ACVD before the online server shutdown and gotta say I love the way the AC's in 6 handle but I prefer the way VD and by extension the older games that use the analogs to aim handle gunplay (though 6's melee is definitely easier to use) cause how you aim has you more involved than in 6

Armored Core 6 is like The Undertaker waking up from the dead.

You can beat the sea spider with any weapons that build impact quickly. It can't handle attacks from directly above it in any circumstance or from directly beside it (to the left or right of the appendages that stomp) in most circumstances. building stagger should be your primary focus and if you have a melee weapon equipped just make sure to take advantage of its stagger.

Hawken mentioned. RIP hawken

its a perfect mix of 4Answer and V. V lacked the awesome boosting and flying.